Improvement in horse-powers



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

EDMUND GOLUCKE, OF ORAWFORDVILLE, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HISRIGHT TO CHARLES BERGSTROM, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-POWERS Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 199,053, dated January 8, 1878 application filed November 16, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND GoLUcKE, of Orawfordville, in the county ofTaliaferro and State of Georgia, have invented a new and ImprovedHorse-Power 3 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a side view of the horse-power, showing the manner ofattaching the levers. Fig. 2 is a face view of one of the wheels, with apart of one of the disks broken away, showing the manner of securing thecogs.

My invention has reference to an improved horsepower for ginning cotton,thrashing grain, sawing wood, &c.

The improvement consists, chiefly, in the construction of thegear-wheels, which are made of wood, with the cogs, formed in the shapeof tapering plugs, inserted between fixed partitions, and held by pins,which are embedded partly in the tapering plug and partly in the fixedpartition, the plugs being held in place laterally by a removable diskor plate.

The improvement also consists in the means of attaching the draft-leversto the post of the king-wheel, as hereinafter described, whereby theyare more securely held in place.

In the drawing, A represents the framework of my improved horse-power,which is made of wood, in a substantial manner. B is thehorizontally-rotating king-wheel, fixed to a heavy vertical post, 0,which latter is held in suitable bearings in the frame. This wheel B isin the nature of a crown-wheel, with teeth upon its upper edge, whichengage with a small cog-wheel, D, arranged upon a shaft, E. Upon thissame shaft, and beside the cogwheel D, is arranged a larger cog-wheel,F, which, in turn, engages with a small cogwheel, G, mounted upon ashaft, H, above, which also carries the band-wheel I.

These wheels G D F are all made alike, in accordance with my invention;and in constructing them a circular disk, A, Fig. 2, is

provided with a number of equidistant partitions, a, which are firmlyattached to the disk by gluing and nailing. In between these partitionsare arranged the tapering plugs J, having their outer ends rounded andprojecting from the wheel to form the cogs.

To secure these plugs in place, they are provided, near the middle oftheir length, with a semicircular transverse groove, which, when theplug is in place, registers with a corresponding transverse groove inthe side of the fixed partition to form a round hole at right angles tothe plane of the wheel. Into this hole is driven a round pin or key, I),which, it will be seen, serves to bind the plugs and the partitionrigidly together, and thus holds the cogs firmly in position. Over thisside of the wheel is now placed the removable disk K, having holes toreceive the ends of the circle of pegs, which disk is secured to thefirst by means of bolts passing entirely through the two disks of thewheel;

In constructing a small cog-wheel after my invention, disks A K areemployed; but when the wheel is of larger diameter, circularrim platestake the place of said disks for receiving the cogs, and are connectedto the central shaft by suitable spokes.

In arranging the draft-levers L L in th post of the king-wheel, saidpost is slotted transversely, and the two levers secured therein with ascarf-joint. In accomplishing this the adjacent ends of the lever arebeveled to a corresponding inclination, with a transverse angular groovein one, which receives a corresponding transverse angular tongue formedon the beveled face of the other. The two levers being thus connected inthe slot of the king-post, they are firmly held together and securedtherein by wedges c.

This manner of securing the levers brings them both upon the same level,and yet holds them securely in place, without danger of being pulledout.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is- 1. Thegear-wheel, consisting of a series of tapered plugs, having semicirculartransverse grooves, a disk} or its equivalent, having parpost, of thedraft-levers, united by a scarftition a,withcorresponding transversegrooves, joint, and secured by wedges, substantially as thefastening-pins b, and the detachable disk shown and described.

K or its equivalent, having holes to receive EDMUND GOLUOKE. the ends ofthe pins, all combined and ar- Witnesses: ranged substantially as shownand described. W. G. SULLIVAN,

2. The combination, with the slotted king- EDDIE G. JORDAN.

